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TOM GJELTEN REPORTS ON SERBS FROM THE SARAJEVO SUBURBS AND WHETHER THEY WILL REMAIN ONCE THEIR TOWNS ARE TURNED OVER TO THE MUSLIMS.

New York Times Sports and City columnist Robert Lipsyte comments on plans for inter-league professional baseball. He says the prospect of teams from the American and National leagues playing one another regularly will rekindle fans' waning love affair with the game.

Just a week ago political pundits were saying that the era of retail politics -- of candidates shaking hands and knocking on doors --- had been eclipsed once and for all by television advertising. But as the architect of the new model, Steve Forbes, stumbles out of Iowa, New Hampshire voters are questioning his decision to forgo a grassroots campaign. Leda Hartman of New Hampshire Public Radio reports.

Commentator Marion Winik explains her dislike of shopping and her inability to do it well.

Reporter Chris Arnold visits the Pajaro Valley School District in California, where the white, wealthy town of Aptos (AP-toss) wants to set up a separate school district, which would leave out the poor, largely-Latino town of Watsonville. Aptos parents and some school officials say they could get better quality education for their students in a smaller, less bureaucratic setting, but many residents feel this split will tear their community in two at a point when Latino and white students should be encouraged to mix. The hurt feelings in the district is something many schools are going through in California and elsewhere as parents and educators look for avenues to improve education thru local control.

TODAY MARKS 15 YEARS SINCE THE AMERICAN HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED FROM IRAN. WE REPLAY MOMENTS FROM SCOTT'S VISITS WITH THE MOTHER OF ONE OF THE HOSTAGES.

Liane Hansen talks with dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones, ho recently published his autobiography, "Last Night on Earth" (Pantheon ress). Jones is African American, gay and although HIV-positive, he has yet to how any symptoms of AIDS. This often controversial artist discusses the links etween his art and life.

NPR's Sunni Khalid reports from Cairo on the violence wracking the island of Bahrain, a strategic station for US military forces. Anti-government Shiites, reportedly with ties to Iran, have been waging a campaign of arson and bomb attacks, raising concern that Iran is helping destabilize the Gulf.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr offers two versions f the State of the Union address which President Clinton might consider elivering this Tuesday evening to a joint session of Congress.

NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports from Los Angeles on Congresswoman Andrea Seastrand's return home to California to visit with her constituents. Seastrand is one of the 73 freshman Republicans in Congress. And like many of her colleagues, Seastrand is now worried how the budget stalemate might impact her re-election campaign this fall.